Display card



C. B. GOES.

DISPLAY CARD- APPLICATION FILED 'FEB. 23. 1922.

Patented Oct. 3, 1922 fawn far:

(/zarlea J CHARLES .B. GOES, OF CHICAGO, JILLINGIS.

DISELA'Y CARD.

Application filed February 23, 1822.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Cntannns B. Goes, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Cards, of whichthe following is a specification, ref erence being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the reference characters marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to displaycards or display easels as they aresometimes called designed for use for advertising purposes. and moreparticularly to the knockdown type which when folded for use are adaptedto stand in a vertical position. with or without a self-contained braceor easel.

The invention consists in the novel de vices and combination of devicesherein illustrated, described and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention, fullyassembled and standing in an erect position.

Fig. 2 is a transverse. horizontal, sectional view, taken upon thedotted line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by thearrows.

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the device.

F 4 and 5 are plan views of the two interlocking side members.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a detail showing a modified form ofsecuring the back iii-embers to the front member.

In the drawing. A represents a sheet, preferably of cardboard generallyrectangular in. form and having a length considerahly in excess of itswidth. Its lower edge 1 is. preferably, straight so as to form a basefor the support of the device. its side margins may be given any desiredcontour or configuration. as for instance that shown. at 2. it isunderstood o f course that this pa rt A umy be of any size and shape.depcmling on the use to which it is to be put.

To this board A are secured two side men]- bcrs B and C. The side memberll, shownin Fig. 5, is substantially rectangular in shape and isprovided along one of its longitudinal margins with an attachingflap 3adapted to be secured by any suitable means. as for instance mucilage,to the inside surface of One margin of the front member A,

Serial No. 538,682.

as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The other side member C has a similar flap 4adapted to be secured to the inside surface of the other margin of thefront member A. 3 and 4: are made flexible with respect to the member Band C by scored or weakened lines 5 and 6 respectively.

From the other side margin 7 of the member B there projects a tongue 8,joined to the member B by a narrow section 9, leaving recesses 10, 10,on both sides of the tongue 8 adjacent to the side edge u. Through themember 0 is an aperture or opening- 11 of a shape adapted to receive thetongue 8. in opposite corners of the opening 11 are recesses 12, 12, thedistance between the recesses being approximately equal to the width ofthe tongue 8. The distance between the innerinargins ofthe reesses 10,10, of the member B is approximately equal to the width of the openingor aperture 11. Thus when the two parts B and C are brought together asshown in Fig. 3, the tongue 8 is passed through the opening 11 along theline 18 until the recess 10 of the member B is opposite the recess 12 ofthe member C, whereupon the side portions 14 of the tongue 8 are movedso as to be superposed upon the side portions 15 of the member C andthen the two members B and C may be moved laterallyuntil they are in theinterlocked positon shown in F ig. 3. In order to move the members B andG into this locked position, it will first be necessary to bend thefront member A into the curved form as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This isreadily accomplished for it will be understood that the distance betweenthe points of attachment of the two back members B and C to the frontmember A, when the latter lies flat. is greater than when the frontmember A is bent, and is greater than the width of the back as a wholewhen its two members B and C are in interlocked will be found in usethat this folding of the member A upon the line 16 for convenience inshipping will not interfere with The flaps 60 fit may also be convenient1.0-5

the part A standing in an erect position when the device is assembled.due to the flexing of the member A, as a whole, as shown in Figs. 1 and2.

In many instances. the easel or display card just described will standin an erert position, resting upon the lower edge 1 of the front memberand the lower edges 17 and 18 of the members B and C which together formthe back. It may, however, be desirable to further support the displaycard and this I accomplish by means of an easel or brace member D. Themember D is formed out ofthe member C by cutting along the lines 19. 9.0and 21. and by scoring along the diagonal line 252 which runs from thebase of the line 20 to the line 21, and scoring also along the verticallines 23. 24.

Assuming that the parts B and C are interlocked as more clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the easel or brace member D is then bent along the scoredlines 23 and 2e until it stands substantially at a right angle to thesurface of the member C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order to moresecurely hold or lock the easel or brace member D in this position, alocking flap E is bent upon the horizontally scored line 25 until thenotch 26 in its upper edge engages the inside edge 21 of the apertureformed in the easel D by the out line 21. This will be clearlyunderstood by reference to Figs. 1 to l, inelusive. The object ofcutting along the diagonal line 20 and of scoring along the line 25 isto permit this locking flap E to be bent over into a horizontal positionfor the purpose of engaging and locking the memher D. It will beunderstood of course that where the device is of such a nature as toreadily stand on the base lines 1, 17 and 18, the card may be simplifiedin construction and cost of manufacture by omitting the cutting alongthe lines 19.. 20 and 21 and the scoring of the parts necessary to formthe flaps D and E.

In some instances, thenature of the cardboard. used may be such toproduce undue wear along the scored line 6. This may be avoided byreversing the position of the flap 4. and attach it to the front memberA in the modified form as shown in Fig. 6'. In this modification, theflap 4; is bent to-- ward the hack instead of being bent toward thefront as in the form first described.

It will be understood that the supporting memberD need not in all caseshe used. The

size of the device and the curve given to the front member A. may besufficient to produce a base.

I claim as my invention:

1. A display card of the class described, comprising a front member, ahack consisting of two separate members, said back members each having amarginal flap by which they are secured to opposite rear margins of thefront member. and interlocking means on the two back members wherebywhen interlocked the front member is caused to assume curved position,said interlocking means comprising a notched aperture on one back memberand a notched tongue on the other.

2. A display card of the class described, comprising a front member, aback consisting of two separate members. said back memhers each having amarginal flap by which they are secured to opposite rear margins of thefront member, and interlocking means on the two back members wherebywhen in terlocked the front member is caused to assume a curvedposition, said interlock ing means comprising a notched aperture in oneback member and a notched tongue pro jecting from the free margin. ofthe other back member.

3. In a display card of the class described. a front member, two backmembers secured to opposite margins of the same side of the frontmember, interlocking means on the back members and a brace member formedin one of the back members and adapted to be folded at an angle thereto,and means on the hack member for locking said brace member in its foldedangular position.

4. In a display card of the class described, a front member and two backmembers each secured along one of its margins to the front member andmeans for interlocking the free margins'of the back members, one of saidback members being cut and scored to include a brace member adapted tobe folded at an angle to the surface of said back memher, the out lineextended horizontally in from the free margin to define the top of thebrace and the scored line extending vertically from the inner end ofsaid out line.

5. In a display card of the class described, a front member, a hackcomprising two separate back members, each secured along one of itsmargins to the front member, and means for interlocking the free marginsof the contacting members, one of said back members being cut on ahorizontal line and scored on a vertical line to include a brace memberwhich when folded along the severed line, will. stand at an angle to thesurface of said back: member. and. a lug cut from the same back memberand its brace member and adapted to be folded on a scored line to engageand lock the brace member.

6. In a display card of the class described, a front member, a backcomposed. of two separate members. said back members being each providedwith a marginal flap by which they may be secured to opposite rearmargins of the front member, longitudinal scoring between each backmember and'its flap, a notched aperture in one back member and a notchedtongue projecting from the free margin of the other back member, and

adapted to engage said aperture whereby the two back members may bebrought into interlocked relation.

7 In a display card of the class described, a front member, two backmembers each provided With a marginal flap by which it may be secured tothe front member, scoring be tween each back member and its flap, anotched aperture in one back membelg a notched tongue projecting fromthe free margin of the other back member and adapted to engage the saidaperture whereby the two back members are brought into interlockingrelation, and an easel member formed in one of the back members adaptedto be folded in angular relation thereto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aifix mysignature, in the presence of tWo Witnesses, this 16th day of February,1922.

CHARLES B. GOES. Witnesses:

TAYLOR E. BROWN, B. L. MAcGREeoR.

